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The Death Penalty and Heresy

The Death Penalty and Heresy

Can the Church change her mind?

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A man is strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, circa 1900.

In the wake of Alabama’s recent execution with nitrogen gas of Kenneth Smith, some American Catholics have been asking anew if Catholic teaching ever allows for the death penalty. The Church’s teaching on this question is not the same as it once was, and this can sometimes cause c…

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